Walmart was the most-listed employer on Oregonians’ Medicaid paperwork. Safeway and parent company Albertsons were close behind. Online retail giant Amazon and its affiliates, including Whole Foods, came in fourth, followed by Fred Meyer and its parent company Kroger.
In Oregon, big grocery, retail companies have highest number of employees on MedicaidMulti-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data.www.opb.org